'Best Welsh buildings' shortlist revealed

Credit: RICS

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has revealed the list of Wales' most outstanding buildings nominated for awards.

Projects shortlisted in the annual scheme range from the conversion of a Victorian church in Barry to the regeneration of a housing estate in Conwy.

Other contenders include the new entrance pavilion at Caernarfon Castle, the restoration of Cardigan Castle, the new Hirwaun Fire Station, and the Morriston Comprehensive School.

Six category winners and a Project of the Year will be selected from the 30 shortlisted entries – to be revealed at an awards ceremony in May.

Here's the full list of nominees:

Building Conservation

  • Caernarfon Castle Entrance Pavilion, Gwynedd

  • The Esplanade, Llandudno

  • Cardigan Castle, Cardigan

  • Barry Pumphouse, Barry

  • Romilly Quarter, Barry

Community Benefit

  • Denbigh Hwb, Denbigh

  • Putting the Park in Peulwys, Conwy

  • Cardigan Castle, Cardigan

  • The College Merthyr

  • Morriston Comprehensive School, Swansea

  • Cardiff and Vale College, Cardiff

  • Golau Caredig Extracare, Barry

Regeneration

  • Putting the Park in Peulwys, Conwy

  • Barry Pumphouse, Barry

  • Cardiff and Vale College, Cardiff

  • Bay Campus, Swansea University, Swansea

  • Castle Quarter, Swansea

  • Maerdy Court,Rhondda

Tourism and Leisure

  • Caernarfon Castle Entrance Pavilion,Gwynedd

  • The Esplanade, Llandudno

  • Cardigan Castle, Cardigan

Design through Innovation

  • Denbigh Hwb, Denbigh

  • Hirwaun Fire Station, Hirwaun

  • Morriston Comprehensive School, Swansea

  • Cardiff and Vale College, Cardiff

  • Energy Safety Research Institute Swansea University, Swansea